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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Oman	United Kingdom	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	58,946	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	59,149	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	59,377	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	59,631	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	59,903	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	60,217	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	60,682	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	61,098	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	61,593	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	62,100	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	62,539	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	63,040	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	63,567	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	63,989	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	64,392	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	64,885	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	65,400	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	65,941	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	66,335	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	66,732	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	67,095	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	67,380	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	67,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	68,093	7,666

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.